A BOTTLING company has a spring in its step after securing deals to support major events.

CBL Drinks supplied thousands of bottles of water to Sunderland International Airshow organisers.

It will also send bottles to the Hacienda Classical Concert, in Herrington Country Park, Houghton-le-Spring, next month.

Wearside-based CBL makes, fills and bottles natural and flavoured waters, as well as soft drinks for customers such as supermarkets and cash and carry operators.

Using its own on-site spring, the Hadrian Well, the business makes the sugar-free Perfectly Clear and Northumbria Spring brands.

It also produces more than 4,000 pallets of a premium cordial that is shipped to Saudi Arabia every year in glass bottles.

Mark Bell, operations director, said: “We are very proud to support the airshow and Hacienda Classical, which both really help put Sunderland on the map.

“We’re glad to be keeping them well hydrated and able to keep up their top-class work.”

Sue Stanhope, Sunderland International Airshow director, added: “We have some tremendous businesses in the city and to have had CBL support us was fantastic.”